"toi, toi, toi" meaning in German

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "onomatopoeic",
      "name": "onomatopoeic"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "touching wood",
        "3": "touch wood"
      },
      "expansion": "touch wood",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Teufel"
      },
      "expansion": "Teufel",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Hals- und Beinbruch"
      },
      "expansion": "Hals- und Beinbruch",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "yi",
        "3": "טוב",
        "t": "good",
        "tr": "tov"
      },
      "expansion": "Yiddish טוב (tov, “good”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Attested since the 19th century. Spread more generally through various songs of the 1920s and 1930s. Widely considered onomatopoeic for spitting. Spitting out three times is a superstitious act that remains common in several European as well as non-European cultures. In polite circles this was considered rude and hence replaced with the onomatopoeia. Compare also the idea of touch wood, the equivalent of which in German-speaking Europe is to knock on wood three times.\nIt is possible, though unprovable, that the specific form of the onomatopoeia might have been reinforced by the word Teufel (“devil”, with the superstitious idea that saying something negative will have a positive effect, compare Hals- und Beinbruch) or by Yiddish טוב (tov, “good”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "!",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "interjection",
        "head": "toi, toi, toi!"
      },
      "expansion": "toi, toi, toi!",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "55 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "64 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German onomatopoeias",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "So, good luck then!",
          "text": "Na, dann toi, toi, toi!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "1992, “Die da!?”, in 4 gewinnt, performed by Die Fantastischen Vier",
          "text": "Herzlichen Glückwunsch Smudo, toi, toi, toi / Du kannst dir sicher sein, dass ich mich für dich freu’",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "2011, Daniel Hope, Toi, toi, toi!: Pannen und Katastrophen in der Musik, Rowohlt Verlag GmbH",
          "text": "Und jedem, der Musik macht, kann ich nur wünschen, dass ihm die Inspiration niemals ausgeht, egal was hin und wieder auf der Bühne passieren mag. In diesem Sinne – Toi, toi, toi!",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "2015, So wird man zum Sylter: Oder zum Bayern, Berliner, Hamburger, Kölner, Schwaben, Österreicher, Schweizer, Riva Verlag",
          "text": "Hier erfahren Sie in sieben einfachen Schritten, was Sie beachten müssen, um nicht anzuecken (oder hochkant wieder rauszufliegen, siehe Schweiz). Viel Spaß und toi, toi, toi!",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "good luck; an expression of encouragement"
      ],
      "id": "en-toi,_toi,_toi-de-intj-FPIi3tM4",
      "links": [
        [
          "good luck",
          "good luck"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) good luck; an expression of encouragement"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "alles Gute"
        },
        {
          "word": "Hals- und Beinbruch"
        },
        {
          "word": "viel Glück"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "55 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Bisher hat alles gut geklappt – toi, toi, toi.\nSo far it has all worked out well – touch wood!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "knock on wood; a superstitious expression used to avoid the negative consequences of some utterance"
      ],
      "id": "en-toi,_toi,_toi-de-intj-zk~oQi9w",
      "links": [
        [
          "knock on wood",
          "knock on wood"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) knock on wood; a superstitious expression used to avoid the negative consequences of some utterance"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtɔʏ̯ ˈtɔʏ̯ ˈtɔʏ̯/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "toi, toi, toi"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German interjections",
    "German lemmas",
    "German multiword terms",
    "German onomatopoeias",
    "German terms derived from Yiddish",
    "German terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "onomatopoeic",
      "name": "onomatopoeic"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "touching wood",
        "3": "touch wood"
      },
      "expansion": "touch wood",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Teufel"
      },
      "expansion": "Teufel",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Hals- und Beinbruch"
      },
      "expansion": "Hals- und Beinbruch",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "yi",
        "3": "טוב",
        "t": "good",
        "tr": "tov"
      },
      "expansion": "Yiddish טוב (tov, “good”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Attested since the 19th century. Spread more generally through various songs of the 1920s and 1930s. Widely considered onomatopoeic for spitting. Spitting out three times is a superstitious act that remains common in several European as well as non-European cultures. In polite circles this was considered rude and hence replaced with the onomatopoeia. Compare also the idea of touch wood, the equivalent of which in German-speaking Europe is to knock on wood three times.\nIt is possible, though unprovable, that the specific form of the onomatopoeia might have been reinforced by the word Teufel (“devil”, with the superstitious idea that saying something negative will have a positive effect, compare Hals- und Beinbruch) or by Yiddish טוב (tov, “good”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "!",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "interjection",
        "head": "toi, toi, toi!"
      },
      "expansion": "toi, toi, toi!",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German colloquialisms",
        "German terms with quotations",
        "German terms with usage examples",
        "Requests for translations of German quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "So, good luck then!",
          "text": "Na, dann toi, toi, toi!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "1992, “Die da!?”, in 4 gewinnt, performed by Die Fantastischen Vier",
          "text": "Herzlichen Glückwunsch Smudo, toi, toi, toi / Du kannst dir sicher sein, dass ich mich für dich freu’",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "2011, Daniel Hope, Toi, toi, toi!: Pannen und Katastrophen in der Musik, Rowohlt Verlag GmbH",
          "text": "Und jedem, der Musik macht, kann ich nur wünschen, dass ihm die Inspiration niemals ausgeht, egal was hin und wieder auf der Bühne passieren mag. In diesem Sinne – Toi, toi, toi!",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "2015, So wird man zum Sylter: Oder zum Bayern, Berliner, Hamburger, Kölner, Schwaben, Österreicher, Schweizer, Riva Verlag",
          "text": "Hier erfahren Sie in sieben einfachen Schritten, was Sie beachten müssen, um nicht anzuecken (oder hochkant wieder rauszufliegen, siehe Schweiz). Viel Spaß und toi, toi, toi!",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "good luck; an expression of encouragement"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "good luck",
          "good luck"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) good luck; an expression of encouragement"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "alles Gute"
        },
        {
          "word": "Hals- und Beinbruch"
        },
        {
          "word": "viel Glück"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German colloquialisms",
        "German terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Bisher hat alles gut geklappt – toi, toi, toi.\nSo far it has all worked out well – touch wood!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "knock on wood; a superstitious expression used to avoid the negative consequences of some utterance"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "knock on wood",
          "knock on wood"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) knock on wood; a superstitious expression used to avoid the negative consequences of some utterance"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtɔʏ̯ ˈtɔʏ̯ ˈtɔʏ̯/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "toi, toi, toi"
}